VICTORIA.

Hawke's Bay Weekly Times, Volume 2, Issue 56, 27 January 1868, Page 21

VICTORIA.

; iNTER-OOLONIAp CRICKET MATCH. —The .Cricket Match between the eleven of Victoria' and NeW South Wales was begun oni Thursday the 26th ult. At the end of the second day. the score- stood thus -—— Yictpria-eleven (first in nings) : 252 ; New South . Wales eleven (first inning*- with five tickets -to fall) 86. One of the Vic-torian-players.. named Wardill, made the .unusually l * high score of 110. The match was ultimately won by the Victorian team. Jwith seven wickets to spare,—Wardill, who had.scored.43. during the second innings, not being out. The Argus gives the foliowmg account of a remarkable dust-storm which occurred on the second dav (Friday, « a ?- ece “ ber) soon after luncheon:— At thisi-poipt the game was put a stop to for a while by one of the most remarkable dust-storms which have ever been seen in the neighbourhood of Melbourne. A long dark cloud came up from the S.W., enclosing in its dusky embrace the whole length of the cricket ground, across which it swept with the sound of rustling leaves and snapping branches. The dust-cloud was so thick that for the space of four minutes a man s hand could scarcely be seen before him. The cricketers and some of the spectators fell with iheir faces to the turf—as Arabs bury themselves in the sand while the sirocco lasts—in the hope that to© whirlwind of dust would pass over in & few minutes, hut in this they were mistaken, and the shelter of the pavilion was sought for as soon as the storm had abated sufficiently _to permit of the men finding their way thither. The spectators in the grand stand, which was unprotected at the bach; fled in consternation when they saw the dark .wall of dust driving down upon them, but the stand came out of the ordeal imscathed. Not so, however, the less substantial erections. Strips of zinc were tl a , ofl SSlfP a7i,ioTl fr ont. the halyards of the were let go just in time to save the whole thing from destruction ; 1 ? the luncheon marquee the charivari o knives and plates, and glasses and decanters, “was a thing to be remembered W hen the first great burst of the storm was over, and the thickest dust had cleared away, a small shower of hats and caps was seen to fall, and the ground was bestrewed with twigs and little branches, blown from fr*: 8 outside the fence. In Richmond paddock, and as far as the eye coitid see along the line of the railway, hugCbranches, torn from the trees by the violence of the storm, lay upon the ground, and many ot the flags used to decorate the cricket reserve were in shreds. The sultry heat of the morning had. by this time given- way to a bitter cold,.and there was a gale of wind blowing which threatened to stop further D i a y *or the day. In about three-quarters of an hour, however, the wind abated sufficiently to permit of the game being resumed.” 6

The Inter- colonial Rifie Match. The challenge shield was fired for by the New South Wales and the Victorian representatives on the 26th. 27th, and 28th December ; and the match resulted in the . or J °f* the former, who scored 2,412, while their opponents made 2,375 points, .this is the third consecutive victory gained by New South Wales. t Body Found on the Yarba. —About 2 o clock on the morning of the 27th ult. a boatman named Stephen Harris discovered the body of a maa floating in the Yarra, near Prince’s-bridge. Information was given to the police, and the body removed to the morgue. The body is described as that of a man about 55 years of age, 5 feet 10 inches high, stout build, with a moustache, and shaved on chin, very small whiskers, and grey hair cut very short. He was dressed in a black cloth coat and vest and black cord trousers, white linen shirt, and black silk neckerchief, coarse flannel shirt, and drawers, elastic boots, and white cotton socks. On the body were found 5s and a clay pipe.' There were no marks of violence.—Argus. - Strange Disapfearance.— The Mount Alexander Mail says:—A strange tal<* was told on Tuesday, 24th Dec., at the Police Court, by a tiny girl who was brought up so as to give her a home in the lock-up. She said that her name was Julia Gordon, and that she came from ■ Daylesford with her father, and arrived at Barker’s Creek, camping there. Her father went away to look after his horse, and did not return. The manner in which the girl told her stoiy was convincing of its truth, but it received proofr from the fact that the horse had been-found in a, hole, but so injured as to necessitate its being killed. The police are trying to solve the mystery of the man’s disappearance. A Needle Story.— A curious case came under the-notice of a medical’gentleman at the Durham Lead a few days ago. A lady called on Mr Brown,; surgeon,.to consult him about an infant, nine months old. She stated that when washing tbe child that morning she had felt .something hard, and about two inches in length; over-the region of the left kidney. .. Mr Brown, examined the child* and found.no externalinflarama-. tion or redness,. but . .could distinctly trace a h'ard, thin,, add long substance, imbedded ih the muscTeS/’' cut/down to it, ahd’ito his surprise found dhatv it /was -a /glover’s 5 needle, very ; blsck, :andv/inuch .corroded. It was .so Totten that he had .to extract it piecemeal. Neither/the/mother/“nor/the pnrse*had noticed any unusual'symptoms before -that monurig;' and ho ' explanation panse given, as to-how the needle got into young; •achild,-—Ballarat J./ • wyy : .\"/ : //•■-'. ’ t/vv-'//

of Fireworks special correspondent of the Age gives the following aceount of' deplorable occurrence at Sandhurst on theoccasion of the Prince’s visit to that locality •*: —“ In the midst; of a season of unexampled festivity a /gloom has been thrownover the community of Sandhurst by the* fatal accident which occurred during the progress of the torchlight procession. In Melbourne one little boy fell a victim to the bad passions of an unrulv section of the community. Here, another boy has fallen a victim to the gross carelessness, if not the positive wickedness, of one man. The Chinese cracker nuisance is one which in Melbourne the police have put down with a strong hand ; at the illuminations last night it was permitted to be carried to a reprehensible excess. , Little boys were in their glory, for they were throwing about their sparkling dangerous serpents amongst the ladies’ dresses all night. A prominent feature in the torchlight procession was the ship of the Fire Brigade to which I made reference yesterday. Her decks had been stocked with fireworks of all sorts, and these were let off at different points of the line of route as the procession proceeded. Just after passing the Shamrock, some miscreant threw into the midst of the fireworks a bundle of crackers, which ignited the combustibles, and a blow up was the result. The effect was grand, but the consequences were terrible. The boys manning the little ship’s deck were got out as soon as possible, through the indefatigable exertions and cool courage of the captain oi the brigade, Mr Meagher; but one of them was seriously hurt, another hurt unto death. The poor little fellows were conveyed to the hospital as soon as possible, but one one of them died, after enduring hours of horrible agony, at a quarter-past 7 this morning.” The Sydney Morning Herald learns by telegram that three of the boys have died. We copy the following from another exchange:—“A monuhurst to the memory of the three children who perished through the explosion of the model, of the Galatea. The preliminary steps have already been taken, and under circumstances which promise a real success.”

"The Australian Harvest; —The harvest in Victoria will probably not be nearly* so bad as was supposed a short time ago. Although in some districts the crops have been-very much injured by rust, and oatsare being mown for hay, yet in others the result seems to- be all that could be desired. A correspondent of the Argus writes thus respecting the crops in the Glenorchy district of Victoria“ Our farmers are busy stacking barley, wheat, and hay, and pleasant it is to see the heavy crops gathered in. Truly, they will need to enlarge their barns to contain the produce. Messrs. Payne, Power, Mitchell, and /Kennedy’s bay crops will average over three tons per acre. The. wheat crops will, at Glenorchy, average 40 bflshels per acre. At Clawadda, Mr D. MTherson’s wheat crop will exceed, that.”